Public International Law & Policy Group (PILPG) Expert Roundtable

Experts examine groups targeted with gender persecution under element two of the Rome Statute. Speakers also explore how gender criteria imposed by perpetrators are used to regulate every aspect of life, determining the extent of individuals’ freedom of movement, their reproductive options, who they can marry, where they can work, how they can dress, and whether they are simply allowed to exist. Speakers include: Victor Madrigal, UN Special Rapportuer on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, Patricia Sellers, ICC Special Adviser on Slavery Crimes, and Professor Valerie Oosterveld.

Public International Law & Policy Group (PILPG) Expert Roundtable

Experts discuss the severe deprivation of fundamental rights under element one of the Rome Statute through a comparative perspective, focusing on conflicts in Afghanistan and Colombia as examples. Speakers outlined what constitutes a severe deprivation of a fundamental right and how such crimes highlight the longstanding structural discrimination women, girls and LGBTQI+ persons experience. Speakers include: Richard Bennet, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights in Afghanistan; Ana Elena Abello Jiménez, Legal Officer, the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (Colombia); and Emily Kenney, a Policy Specialist, Rule of Law and Transitional Justice at UN Women.

Public International Law & Policy Group (PILPG) Expert Roundtable

Panelists discuss the development and legal analysis of the ICC policy paper on the crime of gender persecution, including how it will guide the ICC Office of the Prosecutor and the ways governments and civil society can utilize the text in national and local settings. Speakers include: Michelle Jarvis, Deputy Head of the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism (Syria) (IIIM); René Urueña, Professor of Law at Universidad de Los Andes (Colombia); and Dr. Yvonne Dutton, Professor of Law at the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law.

Panelists discuss the importance of the ICC policy paper on gender persecution and its implication on future conflict investigations and justice mechanisms. Speakers include: Karim Khan, ICC Prosecutor; Ana Elena Abello Jiménez, Special Jurisdiction of Peace (JEP), Colombia; Beth Van Schaack, US Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice; Jessica Stern, US Special Envoy for the Advancement of the Human Rights of LGBTQI+ Persons; and Lisa Davis, Associate Professor of Law, CUNY Law School and Special Advisor on Gender Persecution to the ICC Prosecutor.